Games Like F-Zero
Quick Answer
The closest games to F-Zero are WipEout Omega Collection, Redout 2, Fast RMX, F-Zero 99 and Rollcage. Below are 8 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from F-Zero, and what does not.
What Made F-Zero Work
F-Zero is not a racing game about cars, it is a racing game about not touching the wall at 1,200 km/h. No weapons that matter, no rubber-banding, a health bar that doubles as your boost meter, and tracks that are mostly excuses to fall off. Kart racers are not the answer here — anti-gravity and punishment are.
F-Zero was made by Nintendo as a launch game for the Super Famicom in 1990, using Mode 7 to turn a flat track into something that felt fast. F-Zero X (Nintendo 64, 1998) moved to full 3D with 30 racers at once, and F-Zero GX (GameCube, 2003) was co-developed with Sega's Amusement Vision. After the Game Boy Advance games the series went quiet until F-Zero 99 in 2023.
Also written as FZero — same game, same list.
8 Games Like F-Zero
1.WipEout Omega Collection(2017)
The other pillar of anti-gravity racing, and the closest in speed and feel.
Why it fits: 2017, PS4: WipEout HD, its Fury expansion and WipEout 2048 remastered in one package. Anti-gravity racing with weapons and airbrakes, from the series that grew up beside F-Zero.
What is different: Heavier ships and air-brake cornering rather than F-Zero's weightless drift; weapons play a bigger role.
Where to play it: PS4, and it plays on PS5.
More about this game →2.Redout 2(2022)
The most honest modern F-Zero successor, and faster than the originals.
Why it fits: 34BigThings, 2022. An open tribute to F-Zero GX and WipEout at absurd speeds, with a ship-tuning layer between races.
What is different: The handling asks you to manage pitch and strafe as well as steering, which takes an evening to learn.
Where to play it: PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch.
More about this game →3.Fast RMX(2017)
Made for Switch by Shin'en specifically to fill the F-Zero gap.
Why it fits: Shin'en Multimedia, a Switch launch game in 2017. You flip your craft between two colours to use matching boost pads, at speeds close to F-Zero GX.
What is different: A colour-switching boost mechanic replaces F-Zero's energy-as-boost trade-off.
Where to play it: Switch.
More about this game →4.F-Zero 99(2023)
Nintendo's own battle-royale take on the SNES original.
Why it fits: Nintendo, Switch, 2023, free with Nintendo Switch Online. Ninety-nine players race the original Super NES tracks at once, with a shared Super Boost lane.
What is different: Ninety-nine players in one race, so it rewards survival over perfect lines.
Where to play it: Switch, with Nintendo Switch Online.
More about this game →5.Rollcage(1999)
Late-90s anti-gravity racing where you can drive on the ceiling.
Why it fits: Attention to Detail, published by Psygnosis, 1999 on PlayStation and PC. Cars that drive on walls and ceilings and weapons that bring the scenery down.
What is different: Cars rather than hovercraft, with weapons and a lot of flipping; much less precise.
Where to play it: PS1 and PC.
More about this game →6.Trackmania(2020)
For the same obsession with one perfect lap and no opponents to blame.
Why it fits: Nadeo, published by Ubisoft, on PC in 2020 and on consoles in 2023. Loops, jumps and pure time trials, where a run is decided by hundredths of a second.
What is different: Time trials on stunt tracks — no pack of 29 rivals, and no ships.
Where to play it: PC, PlayStation and Xbox.
More about this game →7.Star Fox 64(1997)
If the appeal was the SNES-era Nintendo speed rather than the racing itself.
Why it fits: Nintendo, Nintendo 64, 1997, a year before F-Zero X. Nintendo's other speed showcase of the era, with the same short, replayable runs.
What is different: A rail shooter, not a racer.
Where to play it: N64; remade for 3DS; Nintendo Switch Online with the Expansion Pack.
Games like this →8.Extreme-G(1997)
N64 contemporary, bike racing at the same ludicrous speed.
Why it fits: Probe Entertainment, published by Acclaim, Nintendo 64, 1997. Futuristic bikes and weapons on twisting tracks — the N64's other answer to F-Zero.
What is different: Bikes with weapons, and it has aged much less gracefully than F-Zero X.
Where to play it: N64.
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Where to Start
On a Switch, Fast RMX is the answer and F-Zero 99 is free with Switch Online. On PlayStation, start with the WipEout Omega Collection. On PC, Redout 2 is the fastest thing available, and Trackmania is the one for chasing a perfect time.
How We Picked These Games
Every pick had to be about speed first: futuristic or arcade racing where the track and your line matter more than the car. Weapons were allowed; simulation handling was not.
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Games Like F-Zero Compared
Year is each game's first release anywhere, on the platform in the next column. "Play it now" is where it can be bought or played today.
| Game | Year | First released on | Play it now | Closest to F-Zero in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WipEout Omega Collection | 2017 | PS4 | PS4, and it plays on PS5. | Anti-gravity racing with flowing tracks |
| Redout 2 | 2022 | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox, Switch | PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch. | F-Zero GX's raw speed |
| Fast RMX | 2017 | Switch | Switch. | Boost management at F-Zero speeds |
| F-Zero 99 | 2023 | Switch | Switch, with Nintendo Switch Online. | The original tracks, 99 racers |
| Rollcage | 1999 | PlayStation, PC | PS1 and PC. | Physics-defying speed |
| Trackmania | 2020 | PC | PC, PlayStation and Xbox. | Chasing a perfect time |
| Star Fox 64 | 1997 | Nintendo 64 | N64; remade for 3DS; Nintendo Switch Online with the Expansion Pack. | Nintendo speed, short runs |
| Extreme-G | 1997 | Nintendo 64 | N64. | N64 futuristic racing with weapons |
Which One to Play, by What You Liked
If you liked F-Zero for F-Zero X's 30-car chaos, try F-Zero 99. Ninety-nine racers on one track is the closest thing to F-Zero X's packed grids, and it is free with Switch Online.
If you liked F-Zero for speed above everything, try Redout 2 and Fast RMX. Both were built to feel faster than anything else on their platforms.
If you liked F-Zero for weapons and designer tracks, try WipEout Omega Collection and Extreme-G. Racing where you also fight, from F-Zero's two longest-running rivals.
If you liked F-Zero for time trials and ghost runs, try Trackmania. A whole game of shaving time off a single track, if beating your own ghost in F-Zero GX was the hook.
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